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Chicago, 10; Boston. 4

CHICAGO, Ill, July 2S.-Chicsgo
beat Boston today without much
effort. To be sure Flint was troubled
with complaint which looked very
much as II spaldipg's temperance re,o-
lutions bad been broken, and there
had to be pretense OF broken
finger so that DAILY could take his
place. But Chicago earned oil the
runs she made, and perhaps Boston
could not have won II Flint bad kept
on catching. As II was. the 60o0 peo-
pie loudly spplauded the umpire's re.
fupal TO Sustain Kelly, aud the Chicago
spectators seemed TO think Chicago
ought to win. Score:
Boston ......... 20 l 2O0l 0 0 o. 4
Chicago ..........l 5 0002 x-l0
Earned runs-Boston, 9; Chicago,
10. Two base hits-Barns and Tate.
Three base hits-Ryan, 1; Tate.
Home runs-vsnHalbren and Clark
son. Double plays-Kelly and Bur-
dock, Nash ard Wise, Conway, Wise
and Morrill,. Fret base on balls
Clarksop, /; Conway, 8. Hit by
pitched ball-Ryan. First base on
errors-Chicsgo, 8; Boston, 8. Struck
out by Clarkson, 2; bv Conway, 2.
Passed balls-Daly, /; Flint, /. Wild
Pitches = Conway, l. Time = Two
hours. Umpire-PoweB.
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Little Rock, II; Fort smith, 3.


FoRr SMITH, ARK, July 2S.-The
poorest exhibition Of our national
game ever seen here was the game be.
tween the Little Rock and Fort Smith
clubs to day. 1t is true the Fort Smith
club is badly crippled, some OF their
best players being sick, but they fell
easy victims to the giants. Thorpe
had them completely at his mercy.
He struck out twelve men and his
batting was FIRST class. His catcher,
Belts, also did great playing. Follow.
ing Is the score by innings:
Little Rock......2 2 l 207 0-l7
Fort Smilh......1 0 0 2 10000 o. 3
Umpire w. O. Evans. Freeman
and Planter we're the battery for Fort
Smith, and Thorpe ard Belts for Lit.
tie Rock.
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IrollIna nj Hosian.

Bosros. MASS, July 2s.-There was
q good attendance at Beacon Park to.
day.
First Race-2:35 class. Frank
Pstchen won the second third and
filth heats and tho race. Bat time
2:3lt. Gray Light took the fret and
fourth heats. Best time-2:2sl
X. r. II. was third and InlaIn fourth.
Second Race-2:20 pacing. Lyttle-
ton won In straight heats, Jos. Howe
second, Nina third, I. s. ID. fourth.
Best time-2:2ll.
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BASEBALL SENSATION.
FOUR OF THE ASSOCIATION
CLUBS WILL RESIGN.
New York Defeats Detroit Chicago,
10; Boston, 4-St. Louis Still
Playing Great Ball.
IsrxoIiL TO TIE APPxAL.l

CoRIETu, MISS, July 2S.-The Ava.
lsnche and Corlnth base ball clubs
played on our diamond today. The
Avalanche battery was pudding for
the Corinth boys. Official score, 10 to
8, in favor Of Corinth. The deceptive
delivery Of Hardy Green could not be
solved by the Avalsnches. Wheeler
caught perfect game, not having q
sing.e pass ball charged to him. The
In and out fielding OF the Corinth club
was extraordinary. The Avalanche
club are good average amateurs and
made some fine plays. Send us out
another horse; what about the
Browns2
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= LEBANON, TENN.
MRS. Lester. wife OF the Murderer
Says Her Husband Lied.
IwroiAL 10 rns irrsIL.I


LEBANON, TENN, July 2s-Ms.
Lester, the wife Of the murderer Of ].
7. Lane, pronounoes the statement Of
Lester all q lie. She says she never
had but two interviews with Line,
and they were In the presence Of
other parties. Lane never said q word
out Of the way 10 her In his life, and
never made a remark 10 her that
would offend the most modest lady In
the land. She never at any time ad.
mitted any guilt, and has always per-
sisted In maintaining her Innocence.
George Gibson, her son, corroborates
her statement, and denies that he ever
threatened 10 kill Lane. On The con.
trary, be has always entertained
naught but good will for Lane, and
says that Lane has always treated him
with respect and Kindness. Mrs.
Lester has lived here q good many
years, and has the respect Of all who
know her. No ono believes a word
against her, but all regard her AZ an
honest aud ylrluous woman.
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Losisxille, 4, AthIatiss. q.

PHILADELPHIA, Pa, July 2S.-Louis-
vile won today in game that was In
teresting until the last man was put
out. The Athletics got only four clean
hits of Chamberlain, the rest being
bases on balls. A base on balls, q steal
and q hit gave the Athletics a run in
tho first, aud base on balls, q three
baager and an out brought two In the
second. Louisville made one in the
third on a muff by Poorman, two steals
and hit; another In the seventh ON
q triple and single, aud two In the
eighth on three singles and an out.
Score:
Athletics. .......1 00O10lO-3
Louisville. ........ 0 0 l0l0l2 x-4
Earned runs-Athlectic, s; Louis
willie, 4. Two.base hits-BierbAuer,
Crots. Three-bsse hits NECTAR, Wer.
rick. Double plsys--Mack, White,
Kerins, 2. First base on bslls-Poor.
man, Lsrkin, Milligen, 3; Mann,
Kerins. Fret base on orrors-Louis.
vile, 2. Struck out-McFarr, wey.
hing, Collins, Wolf, werrick. Passed
balls-Milligsn, 2. Wild pitches
weighing, 2, Umpire-Curry. Tine
One hour and fifty minutes.
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Cincinnati. q, RronkIyn. 2.

Nav YoRK, July 2s.-superior field.
ing won the game for the Cincinnatis
In Brooklyn today, bnt there is no
especial praise In the statement, for
the home club played miserably.
Six OF the nine men made glaring er.
rors. Had only half OF them been
made the visitors would have been
beaten, although the latter fielded in
good form. Toole pitched well des.
pite his poor support. Smith was
taken sick in the second inning aud
retired In favor OF Terry. Fsnnelly
handled the bat with good effect. II
was generally an uniniei estiog game.
Attendance, 2227. Score:
Brooklyn......... 0 0 8 02 0 0 0 OF
Cincinnati.-...." l0O23 O20x-s
Earned runs-Brooklyp, 8; Cincin-
natl, 2. Two base bits-Fennelly,
Pinckney, Toole. Corkhill, Carpenter.
Three base hits-Fennelly. First base
on balls-Pinckney, 2; Swsrtwood,
Peoples, Nicol,s. Hit by pitched ball
-Mullsne. First base on errors
Brooklyn, /; Cincinnati, 2. Struck
out-Brooklyn, 9; Cincinnati, /.
Passed balls-Clark, /; Baldwin. Wild
pitchee-Toole, /; Mullane. Tine
One hour and fifty minutes. Umpire
-McQuade.
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DIED.

wILRINsON-At biz late ts,ie snee, No
i3s Orleans street, July ~, 1881, 7. W, Wiz.
issoN lof the firm Of Wilkinson A Banjo,
aged ~ years.
His remains we're 10 ken 10 the family Ssms.
isry In fernando. Miss, for in,srmsnt.
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10 the Editor otthe Appeals
wish IL understood that am for
the proposed amendment, and am
anxious for II 10 become q part Of the
constitution OF tie state OF Tennessee /;
and Tor that reason / have urged the
legal question In respect to the proper
time for the popular election on the
amendment. That the Legislature
erred 10 submitting the amend ment
10 a special election OF the people In
September / have heretofore fully 90
expressed myself. Now, II my position
Is right, or II my Arguments and the
unsettled opinions OF others Of the To-
gal fraternity create q doubt Ia the
minds OF the leaders OF the measure,
u seems 10 me that Il behooyes them
without delay 10 try and induce the
Governor Of the State 10 call m extra
session OF the Legislature TO take suit.
able action 10 save the proposed
amendment. IL Is not now too late,
but there 10 no time 10 be lost. Thank.
Ing you Tor the space you have given
me In your paper, i leave the respon.
sibility TO others, and will have moth.
log more TO say. w.P. wfIsos.
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NASHVILLE, TENN.
Coupcfl Adopts n Resolution Look.
fnE 60 Inviting tho President.
iaFIcfIl - Tus aRRs.aI

NASHVILLE, July 2S.-The OTIS
Council tonight adopted q resolution
appointing committee 10 call q meet,
ing 10 invite the President and Mrs
Cleveland 10 Walt Nashville duIing
their Oc.ober trip. @
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slInni.. 81 naI,Imore. 4.

BAIImoRR, Nh, July 2s-The Bal
tImore team played lndiasrentlytodsy,
and dropped another game 10 the 81.
Louis Browns. Caruthsn pitched In
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FUNERAL NOTICE..

RAJA-Ths funeral Of LoIGSI hJL,
daughter Of Louis and Catherine Raia. will
take place from the family residence, No. u
fernando ,trss,, this URIDAY) afternoon
At 3 o'clock Services o., ~. PAlrist',
church. Friends Of the family are invited
10 attend.
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rived here today on his way Est. he
signed Benton and Kinslow, the bat.
terry OF the Allentowns, Of the Penn.
sylvania League, taking the prscaution
to first wire President Young, Of the
League, to know whether thew were
open for engagement and being In.
formed that they were. Before he 90.
cured the contracts, however, he wss
shown a telegram from the manager of
the Detroit club, saying an agent was
on his way to negotiate with them.
Schmeltz says he will blacklist the
men II they do not play with him, II
10 said that the Detroits win assert
that ss no official notice was served on
the sscretery OF the Arbitration Com
mittee, OF the disbandment Of the
pennsylvania State League, OF which
Allentown was member, these men
vera still subject to the contracts
OF that club. Their release was onIy
possible with the consent Of the preei.
dent Of tho Allentown club; and
Schmelz acknowledges that he did not
secure their release. II Detroit cannot
get the men 1t Is likely that they will
put them on the black list, and the dif.
hculty will then be referred TO the Ar.
bitration COMMITTEES for settlement.
-. Louis Cen Gs Into the League.
NEW York, July 2S.--Concerning
the trouble In the American Baseball
Association, the World will say: Mr..
Byrne, oil Brooklyn, said last night:
THE Brooklyn club will never agree
to the adoption Of the perez atage sys.
tenn, and you may say that only today
l received kilograms from four clubs
agreeing TO stand by me. That settles
the matter. Moreover, Mr.. Won der
Abe will be permitted to 20 into the
League. Instead Of preventing him
going shall aid him and will strew
his path with roses. He will find Il
thorny enough when he gets In. He
will find 1t pretty rough travelling with
such men as John +. Day.
Soden and Spaulding. He won't
be able to tell them what
to do and he can't BULLDOGS them.
For my part, however, / believe that
team winning the championsh IL
should DO allowed q percentage while
they held the title. A champion team
10 without a drawing card, and de-
serves more than a mere penant. But
we will never have a general adoption
OF the percentage system."
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New York, 81 Detroit, 4.

DEFICIT, MICH, July 2S.-Pitcher
Gruber, recently Of Hartford, vas put
In the box for Detroit today and pitch.
ed good game, but his support at
times was poor. He was rather wild,
giving eight bases on balls, but at
critical times he steadied down nicely.
With three sineles and triple Detroit
scored thrice In the first. Conner
made q long home run drive In the
fret and base on balls, three singles
and a Thompson error gave New
York two ard tied the tcore In the
third. Detroit took lead OF one in
the filth with q siugle and triple, but
the visitor, with q base on balls, a
single and some coed ba o running in
the seventh, again tied the score.
Ewing made triple and scored on q
sacrifice In the ninth. The score:
Deiroit......... 3 000l 0000- 4
New fork."-". 0 2000l l-5
Elrntd runs--De,roit, 4; New York,
4. Three base hiis-R1we, 2; Ewing,
/. Home Iuus- Conner. Double
plsys-R3we and BfoutheIs, Brouth.
ers, RicherdsoD, Ward; Richardson
and Conner. Fitt bsie on balls
Manning, Brou,hers, 0'Rourke, 2;
Keete, 2; Conner, 3; Ewing. Hit by
pitched bsll-Gsnzsl. First base on
errors-Detroit, /. Struck out-By
Keefe, 2; 6iuber, 4. PAseed balls
O'Rourke, 2. Tims-Two hours and
fifteen minutes. Umpire-Doescher.
Indianapolis, rs; wsshipgsop, \.
INDIANAPOLIS, lsD., July 2s.-The
game today between the Indianapolis
and Washington clubs was markld by
strong batting, fac fielding and excel.
lent all round play by the homs team,
and weakness aud In, III cheney on the
part Of the Warrington men. Score:
Indianapolir.....l 3 3 o 2OO4 2-lb
Washinston.."..2 00ll202O- IS
Earned runs-I ndianspolis, 8; Wash.
ington, 3. Two base hits-Hines,
Glasscock, Shomberg, hcGeachy,
Hackett. Three base hits-0'Brien,
shombere, Bassett Home runs
OBrien. Denny. Double plsys-Bas.
sett TO Shomberg; Glasscock, Bsssett,
Shomberg. Frat base on balls
Whitney. Farrell. Flint base on err
rors-Waehineton, 4; Indlapspolis, 4.
Struck out-Mack, 2; Shock, Gilligan,
Seery, n B,ssett, McCieachy, Haskell.
pasted balls-Hsekstt, Ii Dealy, ];
Mack, /. Wild pitchts-MJrrison l ;
Fave, ]; Time-Two hours Umpire
Valentine.
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Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1887-03-17
TROUBLE WITH HIS head.

lh6tb " HIS |
The San Francisco Examiner says:
The young assassin who is on trial IN
Judge Murphy's court for the murder OF
a little schoolgirl, we are told by his
family, has been troubled at different
periods with an affection in his head.
The trouble is a depraved and misdi-
rected intellect. 1t is fostered and sus'
tanned by a debauched conscience and an
immoral life. But these things do not
constitute an insanity that excuses muir.
der. The drunken debauch from which
Goldenson was just emerging when he
shot down Mamie Kelly in the public
street is no evidence Of an irresponsible
brain. 1t confirms the impression rather,
that Goldenson was a worthless and in.
temperate boy, a hoodlum in character
and practice, whose inclination to vice
was the logical drift of his nature.
OF course no one denies that he should
be permitted the benefit Of every rational
pretext in his defense. If he can ION
vince the jury that a little pleasantly,
such as numbering an innocent little girl,
ought to be looked over and condoned,
and that the Court should send him
away with the admonition to be a better
boy in the future and not to do such a
naughty thing as to kill any one again.
we'll and good; but we do not think he
can. There is not a man, woman or
child in San Francisco who does not
know that this murderous wretch should
have expiated his crime upon the gallows
long ago. The slow process Of justice in
his case outrages the decencies and pro-
prieties of civilized life. That he is
alive to-day is a burning disgrace to the
community. It shows how the public
conscience, tolerant of crime in its most
sinister and forbidding aspect, contem.
plates without a demand for instant
atonement the wickedest and most cruel
murder ever perpetrated in this city.
There can be under no possible condi-
tions sympathy for Goldenson. There
can be no explanation of his infamous
deed that should save him from the
scafold. His statement of the murder,
written an hour after the tragedy, shows
that he was not insane. His rabbit.like
flight from the scene of the crime is evi.
dence of his appreciation of the necessity
Of taking precautions for his own safety.
Insanity is not SO prudent.
The crime itself was a tribute to the
vanity of the hoodlum. He had killed a
girl. No greater passport to distinction
can be found in hoodlum circles.
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waltxin~ In the Dark.

Boston Herald: The most fashionable
dancing class 10 Philadelphia, the one to
which all OF the infant swells belong pre-.
vious to being launched az "buds," al.
ways ends the evening with what is called
' the last waltz 10 the dark" The gas ia
turned off, with the exception OF one or
two lights In one of the chandeliers, when
these innocents take their final spin down
the darkened hall. Boston propriety is
much shocked by this free and easy pro-
ceedings, and simply considers that Phlla.
delphia society must have taken leave OF
its senses to permit this horrible "Ameri-
can freedom. What would French or
English mothers say to it? What would
the new regime in New York say Dear,
dear. Something "nawsty," no doubt.
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The Chicago wheat Corner.

The news comes over the wires that the
big wheat deal in Chicago is being en-
gineered by the Nevada Bank.
The corner is sending wheat up at a
lively rate, and the Chicago people are
getting q taste of a regular old fashioned
Comstock deal. 1t appears that John
Msckay got his pointers by running q tun-
mel into one of the big elevators, and
there found that the wheat was considera-
bly, better than was represented. He sen.
a diamond drill ahead, and pretty soon he
had all the wheat in the elevators thor
oughly sampled, so that ho knew just
what it would mill. or course it was
easy then to make the deal. He let in
some Pine street operators and they sent
her right up. Anybody can make a wheat
deal when they have such dead pointers as
shat.-Carson Appeal.
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Rat story,

II is well known, says the Grass Valley
Union, that colonies OF rats find homes in
the underground workings of mines,
where they enjoy good living from the
scraps miners leave from their dinner
buckets. The late shut down in quartz
mines in the district lasted three and a
half weeks, and put the rats on short
rations. In the Idaho mine they were re.
duced to such straits that they resorted to
the oil cans used TO oil machine drills.
The tops OF these cans were screwed on,
but the rats were ingenious enough to I'M
screw them and insert their tails through
the mouth of the cans and into the oil,
and then satisfy their appetites by licking
the oil from their tails.